"Honey, get the shotgun" Robber dead in home-invasion robbery

[Bill Nance]

One man is dead and another is on the run after an exchange of gunfire during a reported home-invasion robbery this morning in Pierce County.

Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said one of the suspected robbers was killed at the scene in the 6100 block of 72nd Street Court East, just west of the City of Puyallup.


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[Maxpower]

Investigators believe the home-invasion robbery was not random, Troyer said.

"Usually houses are targeted," he said.

You don't say.

 

[TBalls]

I actually prefer to perform my home invasions on commercial properties & automobiles. It keeps the authorities confused.

 

[PixelPusher]

"We don't know who he is," Troyer said. "He has a mask on."

One would think by now they would have taken the mask off the dead guy.

 

[drumenigma]

One would think by now they would have taken the mask off the dead guy.

Hah, i was thinking the same thing. Good for the residents though for protecting themselves. Too bad the other guy got away.

 

[cekim]

You don't say.

I could be mistaken, but if spokesman obvious ever wants to make captain, he's on the wrong track...

 

[milktree]

Investigators believe the home-invasion robbery was not random, Troyer said.

"Usually houses are targeted," he said.

You don't say.

I'd argue that an invasion into an apartment would still be a home invasion, yet not be a house.

 

[cekim]

I'd argue that an invasion into an apartment would still be a home invasion, yet not be a house.

Would you also argue that most crimes involve breaking the law? Or shootings frequently involve a gun?

 

[milktree]

Would you also argue that most crimes involve breaking the law? Or shootings frequently involve a gun?

Har har...

It was a reference to what I read as a sarcastic remark about the tautology about houses being targeted in home invasions.

For example, the alternative, "Usually apartments are targeted," probably wouldn't have prompted the comment, "you don't say."

 

[DustinK]

I think you're all missing his meaning, and it could very well be just poor writing that's causing it. I BELIEVE the intended meaning is that houses are usually targeted as a follow up to his statement that it wasn't random. Not that the targets are usually houses vs. apartments, but rather that the place or owners had been cased and found to be adequate targets.

 

[Maxpower]

Har har...

It was a reference to what I read as a sarcastic remark about the tautology about houses being targeted in home invasions.

For example, the alternative, "Usually apartments are targeted," probably wouldn't have prompted the comment, "you don't say."

You are probably right, but the article didn't say apartments, did it?

 

[Furrbrain]

 

[PCK9]

Bad guy shot bad guy so homeowner is in the clear!